Parcel bomb at far-right bookshop wounds Italian policeman

ROME (Reuters) - A parcel bomb with a timer exploded early Sunday morning in front of a Florence bookstore run by a neo-fascist group, seriously wounding a policeman trying defuse the device, authorities said.

The package detonated as a police expert was approaching it at about 5:30 a.m. (04:30 GMT), Intini said.

The officer was rushed to hospital where his left hand was amputated, a police source told Reuters. The blast also left him blind in one eye, the source said. Police are investigating and would not speculate on who placed the bomb or why.